Raisin Paska Bread

I created this babka/paska cross for my granddaughter. Paska is a Ukrainian Easter Bread. I like the shape of it, babka is taller and has raisins and orange, so I combined the two concepts. The crumb is quite interesting with the torn and whole raisins. The bread is heavenly in this formulation,similar to Challah bread.

ADDITIONAL PROCEDURESFrom each 38oz dough divide into one 17oz and two 10.5oz balls for rounding.* Note that ½ of the raisins are soaked and added during mixing speed two – if dough is too wet add about 100g more flour. The second half of the raisins are added at the end of mixing at speed 2.